Dictionaries

Building on Andrews' Ch. 5 Word Formation and Dictionaries and our discussion and activity with dictionaries in class, here are some links to various online dictionaries and related websites. As you discover additional ones, please add to our list.

• Oxford English Dictionaries -- US Version

• Oxford English Dictionaries -- British & World Version

• Oxford Words Blog

• Oxford Word Puzzles & Games

• Save the Words (Site down in Nov. 2012--hoping that it will be up again soon! In the meantime, check out the two blog posts about the site: blogpost 1; blogpost 2)

• Cambridge Dictionaries

• Qwickup.com - Online dictionary collection tool that allows you to compare definitions in multiple online dictionaries

• Urban Dictionary

• Tolkien Dictionary - online dictionary associated with the literary work of J. R. R. Tolkien

• Encyclopedia Mythica: award-winning internet encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and religion